Akiba's Trip PS4 fails to trouble Japanese chart

Nudity-obsessed brawler can't take advantage of a slow week for games

There were was little action in the Japanese software chart last week, with only one new entry: the bizarre and potentially offensive Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed.

With gameplay built around exposing demon-possessed humans - judging by the available screenshots, often young women - by beating them until their clothes fall off, Akiba's Trip charted twice in the top ten when its PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions were released in November last year, selling a combined total of almost 55,000 copies in its debut week.

The PlayStation 4 release has failed to make the same impact, selling a shade over 3,600 units and creeping into the chart at 17.

Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed will be released in North America by Marvelous in August. It remains to be seen how well its unique combination of brawling and near-nudity will be received outside of Japan.

From what I hear (and I'm not 100% sure about this) the PS4 version of Akiba's Trip 2 (Undead and Undressed in the west)runs at 720/30, just like the PS3 version. I can't verify that, but the lack of any official PS3/PS4 graphics comparison or general talking up of higher fidelity in the PS4 version leads me to believe its true.

And even if it isn't the general consensus amongst the few that have bought it is that if you have the PS3 version you have no reason to upgrade. So it would appear it's a much smaller jump than The Last of Us Remaster or Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.